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I have a young cousin (25) who has a awesome girlfriend

Her grandfather lives in Iowa, has property off of the river (I assume Mississippi) about 4.5 hours from here in Indiana.

she wants to take him on a surprise turkey hunt to her granddads farm. 80+ acres. She said it has turkeys.

any weird stipulations for turkey hunting Iowa???

over the counter tags etc?

Any of you from Iowa to give tips advice??
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Advice: get on the Iowa DNR site. You have to buy a liscence to enter the drawing for a specific zone and season. You better get on it the deadline is coming up and after that it's leftover tags in leftover zones and seasons
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and you are looking at over 200 bucks to hunt one turkey as a non res
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Longspurs wrote: January 21st, 2019, 8:51 pm Advice: get on the Iowa DNR site. You have to buy a liscence to enter the drawing for a specific zone and season. You better get on it the deadline is coming up and after that it's leftover tags in leftover zones and seasons
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timbrhuntr wrote: January 21st, 2019, 10:03 pm and you are looking at over 200 bucks to hunt one turkey as a non res
Iowa and Indiana sure is proud of their turkey favs for non residents. Cost u a little more to hunt one gobbler here in the Hoosier state
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It's all day hunting. You have to apply for a permit in a zone. Close to 280$.

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Brice, my wife is from Iowa(32 years married) We have hunted all over the eastern part of the state but mostly stick to their property in zone 6. It is EXPENSIVE$$$$ to hunt here as all hunting in IOWA is... The laws are pretty liberal with very short seasons 1st and 2nd( 4days) 3rd is longer Very little hunting pressure and lots of strokers.. Rivers are a gold mine!
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Fatmo wrote: January 22nd, 2019, 10:27 pm Brice, my wife is from Iowa(32 years married) We have hunted all over the eastern part of the state but mostly stick to their property in zone 6. It is EXPENSIVE$$$$ to hunt here as all hunting in IOWA is... The laws are pretty liberal with very short seasons 1st and 2nd( 4days) 3rd is longer Very little hunting pressure and lots of strokers.. Rivers are a gold mine!
what do you think is the best time to hunt???
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Brice,

I have been hunting western Iowa the last 3 years and it is awesome. I have been hunting the 3rd season. This year that is April 17-23. The deadline to apply is this Sunday January 27th.


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gobblerchsr wrote: January 23rd, 2019, 6:04 pm Brice,

I have been hunting western Iowa the last 3 years and it is awesome. I have been hunting the 3rd season. This year that is April 17-23. The deadline to apply is this Sunday January 27th.


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thank you! I told her to get a move on and try get her applications done :thumbup:
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hoobilly wrote:
Fatmo wrote: January 22nd, 2019, 10:27 pm Brice, my wife is from Iowa(32 years married) We have hunted all over the eastern part of the state but mostly stick to their property in zone 6. It is EXPENSIVE$$$$ to hunt here as all hunting in IOWA is... The laws are pretty liberal with very short seasons 1st and 2nd( 4days) 3rd is longer Very little hunting pressure and lots of strokers.. Rivers are a gold mine!
what do you think is the best time to hunt???
I’ve been getting drawn every year for the past 8 years. We hunt till we score! U will love hunting Iowa. Hunt public!!


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jryser wrote: January 23rd, 2019, 9:54 pm
what do you think is the best time to hunt???
I’ve been getting drawn every year for the past 8 years. We hunt till we score! U will love hunting Iowa. Hunt public!!


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Won’t be this go around. My young cousin has the worlds best girlfriend (fiancé) and she’s setting this up for him. She’s never killed a turkey and I aim to help them this spring here in indiana.
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jryser wrote: January 23rd, 2019, 9:54 pm
hoobilly wrote:
Fatmo wrote: January 22nd, 2019, 10:27 pm Brice, my wife is from Iowa(32 years married) We have hunted all over the eastern part of the state but mostly stick to their property in zone 6. It is EXPENSIVE$$$$ to hunt here as all hunting in IOWA is... The laws are pretty liberal with very short seasons 1st and 2nd( 4days) 3rd is longer Very little hunting pressure and lots of strokers.. Rivers are a gold mine!
what do you think is the best time to hunt???
I’ve been getting drawn every year for the past 8 years. We hunt till we score! U will love hunting Iowa. Hunt public!!


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Lottery for the Eastern zones is not a problem. Tags still available after the draw and into the season. Hunt till you score???? Even with a tag you still have to pick a season!!
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Its too bad its Iowa for turkey might be worth it if it was good deer ground to me. A turkey is a turkey especially an eastern. And for $278 bucks to kill one eastern on a hunt you have to pick a zone and apply and maybe only get 5 days to hunt well there a way better opportunities in my
opinion. But I guess the prospect of free private land to hunt does take some of the sting out but I hunted public and found lots of birds to work even with competing against others with no ethics lol. I stopped several times to talk to resident hunters and when they saw the out of state plates they wouldn't even give me the time of day made me feel good to kill one of their birds when most off them seemed to be struggling lol. I have 5 points for deer but doubt I will use them as I can imagine the reception I would get in deer season after what I got in spring turkey ! Too bad because it was a nice place to hunt !
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timbrhuntr wrote: January 24th, 2019, 11:45 am Its too bad its Iowa for turkey might be worth it if it was good deer ground to me. A turkey is a turkey especially an eastern. And for $278 bucks to kill one eastern on a hunt you have to pick a zone and apply and maybe only get 5 days to hunt well there a way better opportunities in my
opinion. But I guess the prospect of free private land to hunt does take some of the sting out but I hunted public and found lots of birds to work even with competing against others with no ethics lol. I stopped several times to talk to resident hunters and when they saw the out of state plates they wouldn't even give me the time of day made me feel good to kill one of their birds when most off them seemed to be struggling lol. I have 5 points for deer but doubt I will use them as I can imagine the reception I would get in deer season after what I got in spring turkey ! Too bad because it was a nice place to hunt !
I cant imagine how they treat out of state deer hunters :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO:
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timbrhuntr wrote: January 24th, 2019, 11:45 am Its too bad its Iowa for turkey might be worth it if it was good deer ground to me. A turkey is a turkey especially an eastern. And for $278 bucks to kill one eastern on a hunt you have to pick a zone and apply and maybe only get 5 days to hunt well there a way better opportunities in my
opinion. But I guess the prospect of free private land to hunt does take some of the sting out but I hunted public and found lots of birds to work even with competing against others with no ethics lol. I stopped several times to talk to resident hunters and when they saw the out of state plates they wouldn't even give me the time of day made me feel good to kill one of their birds when most off them seemed to be struggling lol. I have 5 points for deer but doubt I will use them as I can imagine the reception I would get in deer season after what I got in spring turkey ! Too bad because it was a nice place to hunt !
It is down right a joke for deer hunting, 'Wago Beef is Cheaper"! $450.00 doe $650.00 for a buck tag if your drawn. Its all about hunting with the family for me, "Only"..
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hoobilly wrote: January 24th, 2019, 3:28 pm
timbrhuntr wrote: January 24th, 2019, 11:45 am Its too bad its Iowa for turkey might be worth it if it was good deer ground to me. A turkey is a turkey especially an eastern. And for $278 bucks to kill one eastern on a hunt you have to pick a zone and apply and maybe only get 5 days to hunt well there a way better opportunities in my
opinion. But I guess the prospect of free private land to hunt does take some of the sting out but I hunted public and found lots of birds to work even with competing against others with no ethics lol. I stopped several times to talk to resident hunters and when they saw the out of state plates they wouldn't even give me the time of day made me feel good to kill one of their birds when most off them seemed to be struggling lol. I have 5 points for deer but doubt I will use them as I can imagine the reception I would get in deer season after what I got in spring turkey ! Too bad because it was a nice place to hunt !
I cant imagine how they treat out of state deer hunters :LMAO: :LMAO: :LMAO:
It is a joke for deer hunting!! Its all about hunting with the family for me...
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